The 1998 United States Senate election in Georgia was held November 3, 1998. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Paul Coverdell won a second term in office,[1] becoming the first of his party to ever win reelection to the U.S. Senate from Georgia. Coverdell would remain in the Senate until his death on July 18, 2000.
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County results Coverdell: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Coles: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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Democratic primary edit
Candidates edit
- Michael Coles, co-founder of Great American Cookies and nominee for U.S. Representative in 1996
- Jimmy Allen Boyd, businessman
Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Michael Coles | 312,765 | 76.14% | |
Democratic | Jimmy Allen Boyd | 98,020 | 23.86% | |
Total votes | 410,785 | 100.00% |
General election edit
Candidates edit
- Michael Coles, businessman and co-founder of Great American Cookies (Democratic)
- Paul Coverdell, incumbent U.S. Senator (Republican)
- Daniel Fein (Socialist Workers) (write-in)
- Bert Loftman (Libertarian)
Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Paul Coverdell (incumbent) | 918,540 | 52.37% | 1.72 | |
Democratic | Michael Coles | 791,904 | 45.15% | 4.20 | |
Libertarian | Bert Loftman | 43,467 | 2.48% | 0.62 | |
Socialist Workers | Daniel Fein (write-in) | 42 | 0.00% | N/A | |
Majority | 126,636 | 7.22% | |||
Total votes | 1,753,953 | 100.00% | [a] | ||
Republican hold |
- ^ The percentage change for the Republican and Democratic candidates are relative to the run-off in the 1992 election, while changes for the Libertarian candidate are relative to the first round in the 1992 election.